Barood (transl. Gunpowder) is a 1976 Indian Bollywood action crime film directed by Pramod Chakravorty, with screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick and dialogues by Ahsan Rizvi.[2] It stars Rishi Kapoor, Reena Roy and Shoma Anand in leading roles, with Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Ashok Kumar in supporting roles. The film was a commercial flop in India,[3] but went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union.[4]
Barood | |
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Directed by | Pramod Chakravorty |
Screenplay by | Sachin Bhowmick |
Based on | The Summertime Killer by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi |
Produced by | J.C. Bhagat H.S. Bhattacharya Jitu Thakar |
Starring | Rishi Kapoor Reena Roy Shoma Anand Dharmendra Hema Malini Ashok Kumar |
Cinematography | V.K. Murthy |
Edited by | Narendra Arora |
Music by | Sachin Dev Burman |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindustani[1] |
Box office | est. ₹19.32 crore ($23.52 million) |
It is claimed to be an uncredited remake of the 1972 Italian/Spanish/English film The Summertime Killer starring Christopher Mitchum and Olivia Hussey.[citation needed]
Territory | Gross revenue | Adjusted gross (2016) | Footfalls |
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Domestic (India) |
₹2 crore[3] (US$2.27 million)[n 1] |
US$11 million (₹67 crore)[7] |
6.3 million[8] |
Overseas (Soviet Union) |
15 million Rbls[n 2] (US$21.25 million)[n 3] (₹17.32 crore)[n 4] |
US$88 million (₹524 crore)[7] |
60 million[9] |
Worldwide | ₹19.32 crore (US$23.52 million) |
₹591 crore (US$88 million) |
66.3 million |
At the domestic Indian box office in 1976, Barood grossed ₹2 crore, with a net income of ₹1 crore. While it was the 17th highest-grossing film in India that year, it was declared a commercial flop in the domestic Indian market.[3]
Despite its domestic failure an India, the film went on to become an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it released in 1978 and topped the year's Soviet box office chart.[4] It drew a box office audience of 60 million Soviet viewers, the second highest for an Indian film in the 1970s (after the earlier Rishi Kapoor starrer Bobby) and the fifth highest for a foreign film that decade.[9] At the Soviet box office, it was the 13th biggest hit of the 1970s,[9][12] the fourth most successful Indian import of all time (after Awaara, Bobby and Disco Dancer), the ninth biggest foreign hit of all time,[12] and one of the top 30 biggest hits of all time.[9][12] It was among the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union.[13]